CANBERRA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Australian Associated Press reported on Wednesday that more than 30 zoo visitors were locked in safe houses after a lioness escaped from her enclosure in a zoo in Australia.
"She never reached a public area but there was a concern that she may have, and our procedures and protocols followed to ensure that all our team members and visitors were taken into safe houses," Mogo Zoo's business manager John Appleby told reporters.
The hand-reared nine-year-old tawny African lioness, Jamelia has been shot dead by a zoo keeper at Mogo Zoo after her escape on Tuesday.
"She was moving quite slowly towards a public area, but under the circumstances a decision was made to put her down. Because it was a lion it was considered a dangerous animal, and protocol is if there is any potential risk to the public a decision would be made," Appleby said.
Appleby said Jamelia was in a contained area of the private zoo, and about 30 visitors were in the grounds at the time of the shooting. The visitors were taken to the main administration building and other buildings throughout the zoo.
"There was very much a controlled environment as far as getting the customers and the visitors into the appropriate areas," Appleby was quoted by Australian Associated Press as said.
The escape is the first incident of its kind at the zoo, which locates on the New South Wales south coast.
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